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Warncoort and Mount Gellibrand History

A history of Warncoort, a small town east of Colac on the Princes Highway, which
has virtually
disappeared since it was established in the mid 1800s. The town,
as it is today, can be seen in the Google Earth view to the right.

Researched, written
and published by
members of the Birregurra Historical
Society.

A 52-page booklet recounting the story of a local hall in a small Western
District farming community in Victoria. The purposes which the hall served mirrored events
and attitudes through eight decades of Australian history.

Published 2014 by the Colac & District Historical Society. Editorial support,
index, design and layout of pages in Indesign. Cover design in Photoshop using an image of the
long demolished hall superimposed over an image of my own.

Designed for the Otway Coast Committee and superbly manufactured by Design Etch of Lonsdale, S.A.

Colac Country Music and Truck Shows, 2006-2011

A gallery of photographs taken at
the Colac Country Music Truck and Ute Shows, held in February each year until 2011 at the Colac
Showgrounds.

This event brought lovers of country music together, along with a convoy of trucks and
utes competing for trophies.

Beeac 150th Anniversary Celebrations, October 2010

A gallery of images from the town of
Beeac in Western Victoria, celebrating its 150th
Anniversary and the opening of a windmill park.

In a country where water is often a scarce commodity, windmills have become an iconic component
in the Australian rural landscape. and with several windmill builders operating once in the area,
the town's community established a Windmill Park, exhibiting historic windmills built from parts
scavenged from local farms. The Park is seen here on the occasion of its opening day, during the
town's 150th anniversary celebrations on 23 October 2010. Much of the water used by farmers in
the surrounding area is drawn from bores traditionally pumped to the ground by such windmills.

Camperdown

My 2010 entry into the annual Solo Photo Book in a Month event. The work
focusses on the town of Camperdown in the Western Distict of Victoria, Australia. In this
event, several hundred photographers from around the world produced a photographically based book from scratch
within a month, including all text and photographs, along with laying the work out as a book
which could be published in print form.